The IEEE Future Direction Committee Metaverse Initiative is now reaching the end of the first year and it is time to present a few of the ideas that have been matured in these months. The Metaverse can be seen, and most importantly implemented and used, in different ways. I have …
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The IEEE FDC Metaverse Initiative has been addressing a broad range of issues related to the Metaverse, from standardisation aspects (that obviously include the definition of what is meant with Metaverse) to the technologies that are needed (and enabling it) to the business opportunities opened by a shift to the …
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Industrial Metaverse – Working in the Metaverse In the previous post in this series I remarked how the industrial metaverse is the fabric, or the space, to accommodate the whole life cycle. What does this mean for each layer? Let’s start with what for me (when discussing an industrial metaverse) …
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Metaverse: a “work in progress” The word Metaverse first appeared in a 1992 novel, Snow Crash by Stevenson. It indicated a virtual place used by novel characters to escape from an “ugly” reality. However, looking for the roots of the word is a bit like saying that “robots” are rooted …
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Every year Gartner publishes the Emerging Technology Hype-cycle and it is always worth dedicating some time to it. This year on the top of the hype there is “Social Distancing Technologies” and I guess it could have been expected! Looking at Google Trends you see that Social Distancing went from …
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Cognitive Digital Twins for humans In a manufacturing workflow humans are (still) playing an important role. Hence modelling the workflow requires modelling the human activity as well. A cognitive digital twin shall take the human role in the workflow as an integral part of the model. At this point the …
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One of the topic addressed in the Digital Transformation Course developed by EIT Digital and IEEE Future Direction in its Digital Reality Initiative is that of Platforms. In these last few weeks I have been discussing platforms with a number of key people in several industries and now I take …
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The new Initiative launched by FDC-IEEE capitalises on the results achieved by the afore mentioned Digital Reality and Symbiotic Autonomous Systems and it is called Digital Reality: Fostering and leveraging the ongoing Digital Transformation. The Digital Transformation is affecting most businesses, many paths of life and is transforming our perception …
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Today I am giving a keynote at the 2019 IEEE Jordan International Joint Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, presenting some of the outcomes of the IEEE FDC Symbiotic Autonomous Systems Initiative. Here a summary of the points I am making. =========== We have experienced a significant evolution in …
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The big issue, facing today companies and organisations alike, is how to jump on the Digital Transformation bandwagon without disrupting their ongoing business. Starting from scratch is simply not an option if you have a company. You need to leverage on your company’s assets using them as a springboard. This …
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